Thrilled to announce that the short film GALLINA, by Fernando Reinaldos, is an Official Selection at the 55th annual FICC/ Cartagena International Film Festival,
The screening will take place on 23 November and Fernando Reinaldos will compete for the ‘CIUDAD DE CARTAGENA’ SILVER CARAVEL
It is one of the oldest film festivals in Europe.
Fernando Reinaldos had its world premiere at the New Hampshire Film Festival and has since been screened at nearly a hundred film festivals around the world.
Fernando Reinaldos about GALLINA:
As a queer child, I remember the constant feeling of being trapped between two worlds: my feminine and masculine sides were always in conflict. Many times I tried to figure out where I belonged, without understanding why I had to make a choice at all. The warmth of my supportive family was not always enough to help me stand up to the harshness of the toxic masculinity outside. At that time, my deep admiration for my best friend led me to make choices against my instincts, betraying the special bond I shared with my dearest ones.
Gallina is my attempt to better understand that time in my life. The day when I came to understand something irreversible about myself and the world around me. When my silence began to shape the person I would become. The same silence that many queer children carry to protect themselves from being seen.
Through Pablo’s story, I wanted to examine how toxic masculinity shapes a boy’s identity in today’s world, and to explore the cost of remaining silent in the face of everyday violence. The silence that takes over at the end of the film is the same silence that, heartbreakingly, has become a defining feature of our time.
One of GALLINA’s most recent successes was at the HollyShorts Film Festival, where the film was screened to great acclaim.
Stay tuned, as we’ll be announcing further successes for our films very soon.
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